Western cyclone., 1887-07-22
1uM1Nuus FrnE.F11Es.


Oils.
SUITABLE dover for widows wild.
over.
a HARD thing to sharpen-the waters
edge.
OUT on a fy-releasing one from "a
sugar-bowl.
TIE balance of trade is generally plat
form scales.
THE professor of a swimming school is
very properly doctor of dive-in-ity.
You seldom hear of accidents at a clam.
bake. and yet it is there that you find the
clam mighty.
"THE world moves" Probably the man
occupying the other end of the seat had
been eating onions.
NEVER make sleeps eyes at young
lady who is possessed of a big brother.
He might lamb you.
THERE is no oleomargarine about a
goat. He is genuine butter every time
and gives full weight
CONGRESS will do nothing until after
New Years, as usual AS usual, it will do
nothing after New Years.
THERE is at least one thing to the credit
OF O'Donovan-ROsa. He has been expelled
from the Fenian Brotherhood
SEVERAL days have elapsed without an
Indiana town or city having been victim
lied by defaulting treasurer.
IT IS now asserted that the human race
is SAC, 900 years old No wonder the hair
is all worn Off the top of its head
OUIDA says that the trouble with scien-
tific women is drynesS of soul That's be-
cause they invariably wear rubbers.
WHEN actresses play Juliet to suit the
critics no two out Of hundred will have
the same conception of the character
JAY GOULD says that he never met Judge
Gresham. But he may be obliged to meet
him some day if he keeps on as he has
done, -.
SENATOR EDMUNDs has one of the finest
tobOggan slides in the country, but it is
safe to say that OIr. Blaine may not slide
down it,
MRS. CLEVELAND may not be able to
talk Greek, but her smile is worth the
lliad with old Thucy-whatS his name
thrown in.
LADY CAMPBELL, it is said, "arranges
her bang in defiant manner" She seems
to have arranged her intrigues in defiant
manner, too.
The difference between q servant girl
and her mistress is that there is some work
about the house that the former is not ex-
pected to do.
WHETHER Judge Gresham has a Presi-
Dental bee IN his bonnet or not he isn't on
the payroll of any "bee line" in the Jay
Gould system.
REV. DIR. WALTZ, of Baltimore, is
preaching against dancing. But the only
Waltz whose popularity he is is likely to
affect is himself.
WHEN the Angel Gabriel blows his horn
vast army of lawyers will rise up, and
from sheer force of habit move for a con-
tinuance Of the cases before the court.
Coal is to 60 up higher. The only con.
ISOLATION the consumer has is the reflection
that some time the coal ring will be
doomed to go in the opposite direction.
JOHN SHERMAN still holds to the belief
that the "sainted" Garfield sold him out at
the Chicago convention. Yet John lives
in the State hallowed by the Garfield tomb.
Mr.. GOULD says he has never seen
Judge Gresham, and knows little about
him. But he is generally supposed to have
seen" Mr.. Blaine and to know all about
him.
AN ODD WATERING TROUGH.
There is a watering bridge at Stock.
bridge, in Massachusetts, that is not wholly
without interest. 1t was made by digging
q large hole in ali uncut block of marble
Beside it stands another rough post.iike
piece OF marble, and on the face next to
the trough is a bronze mask of faun,
copied from the antique, and whose con-
centrated intention and expression Is to
convey the water that passes through its
mouth in the most spiteful and Annually
vigorous way. But in the Stockbridge
faun the water dripples down as though it
was ashamed OF It's very existence, present
ing an lncOngTuily of impression that can
not be described But this is only the Sug-
geStion, the delicate preliminary of the
deep moral of modern missionary aims.
On one end of the trough is carved in large
letters this ponderOus sentence: Utility
is better than grandeur" In another par.
of the same town thele Is another fountain
whose intention is more human, and the
moral of which is wisely left to the forci-
bic charm of tradition. 1t represents a Cat
and dog in attitudes natural to their
species. The latter, lively Scotch terrier
approaches the former in a ready, inuuir
ing and doubtful way, as much as to Sa
II | can set my jaws on your neck .
paint the name of Edwards with fur
The cat crouches, ready to make a bin.
dog as soon rs the occasion requires. az.
Kisses through her mouth the water Of tb
fountain into the dogs face The Older
cruel interpreters of StOckbridgc animals
assert that this group is a symbol Of the
former gosSiping activities of that section
Of Berkshire county. Later historians d
clare that time has not lcSsened the truth
or force of its significance.